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Interview: Senator Mallory McMorrow

In November, Senator Mallory McMorrow won her reelection in a landslide. Democrats won enough seats for the state House and Senate that both chambers...

This Local Judge is Taking Up the Torch

Sitting in her former chambers in Flint, Judge Stephanie Dawkins Davis recalls growing up and learning about Thurgood Marshall winning the Brown v. Board...

Title IX 50 Years Later

In June 1972, I’d completed my junior year at Pershing High School in Detroit, heading toward senior status. Even though I’d played competitive golf...
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Michigan’s 2022 Election Results

On Nov. 8, 2022, of Michiganders exercised their civic duty at the polls, and 24 hours later, the projected results of Michigan’s 2022 election...

The Wild, Weird Political Misadventures of James Craig

On a damp Wednesday in mid-August, former Detroit Police Chief James Craig waits for me alone at a large window table in the back of...

Kyra Harris Bolden Talks Michigan’s Supreme Court Race and Motherhood on the Campaign Trail

When State Representative Kyra Harris Bolden, a candidate for the Michigan Supreme Court, is not out making history on the campaign trail, she is...

Acts of Service: How Congresswoman Brenda Lawrence is Giving Back to the Community

Among Michigan's (mostly) lily-white congressional delegation, U.S. House Rep. Brenda Lawrence stands out as the state’s only Black federal legislator. She made Southfield history...

Gov. Whitmer to ΒιΆΉ·¬ΊΕ Following Kidnapping Plot Arrests: β€˜Trump’s Actions About Michigan’ Played Role...

Two months after arrests were made in the plot to kidnap the governor, Whitmer spoke to ΒιΆΉ·¬ΊΕ Detroit about why it happened and who was to blame
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Gov. Whitmer Speaks Up on Guilty Kidnapping Plot Verdict

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer released a statement Aug. 23 regarding two men who were found guilty of plotting to kidnap her.

Exclusive: Ex-Chief Craig: β€œI’m not supporting Tudor Dixon”

One-time GOP poll leader criticizes her campaign and rigid anti-abortion views
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4 Takeaways from the Michigan Primary Election

The election produced a landmark field of candidates for the fall
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Michigan Primary Election Primer: Who Will Take on Whitmer?

Redistricting and the GOP split have left questions looming over August's biggest races
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Michigan Politicians and Leaders React to Overturn of Roe v. Wade

The Supreme Court reversed the landmark decision on Friday morning
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Reversal of Roe v. Wade Could Revive Michigan’s 176-Year-old Abortion Ban

The ban would reopen the doors for the criminal prosecution of patients and doctors involved in terminating a pregnancy

Metro Detroit Native Kimberly Atkins Stohr on Going from Law to MSNBC

The legal pundit talks her Midwest roots, John Conyers, Barbara McQuade, and more

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